Friday, September 28, 2012

Beer Politics

No wonder the nation is in such sad shape... we all seem to be drinking swill, with the exception o' Guinness, Sammy Adams, Labatt Blue, and (perhaps) Blue Moon. Thus sayeth the beer snob.Speakin' o' beer... we did Round Two o' that Blue Moon Pumpkin Ale yesterday but we only went half the distance before we poured the remainder down the sink and got us sumthin' a lil more to our liking. So the verdict is in: yeccch. No mas, por favor.

I fully understand the appeal of German beer, and I've hoisted a few steins o' such in the way-back and the present,as well. As a s'matter o' fact, I consider Franziskaner to be the BEST wit beer in the world. That said, I find the German beer we get here in the US to be inferior to the far fresher and more available American craft beers. Just sayin', yanno?

Well, this conservative dyed-in-the-wool GOP Geezer is an outlier for sure. Of the beers listed that I like, 5 of 'em, MGD, Dos Equis, Guiness, Becks, and Michelob, all skew towards donkey-land. Oh Noooooes....What is this Elephant to do?

(PS: Only two, Miller High Life--the original sharper-tasting formula,not the present changed formula w. less bite--and Rolling Rock are in the Elephant sector for me..)

Nope, it is kolsch style. We picked up some Alaskan Summer Kolsch Style Ale while in WF yesterday. It is pretty good - I even like it. They had some St. Arnold's Lawnmower - a Kolsch beer, but Toby had tasted it before and did not like it that well.

I had to google that, and I learned sumthin'. A lot, actually. I've never had a Kolsch style beer and never drank any while I was in Europe, either. I seriously doubt I'll find any here in the Great American Beer Desert, but ya never know.